Escutcheon-plate.



L. A. lWILBUR.

ESCUTCHEON PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.'I8.19I4.

1,137,823. Patented May 4, 1915.

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LEWIS A. WILBUR, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSGNOB, 0F ONE-HALF TO GRACE B. GONE, OF AMSTERDAM, NEV YORK.

ESCUTCHEON-PLATE.

Application filed February 1S, 1914.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, LEWIS A. WILBUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Escutcheon-Plates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

lThis invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in escutcheon plates and has for its. primary object to'provide a device yof this character which will be of extremely simple and cheap construction and will serve as both a bell plate and a holder for a name card.

A further object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character and at the same time reduce the cost of manufacture of the same.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a. front elevational view of my complete device; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, showing the same applied to a wall; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with the device applied to a wall; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line l-lof Fig. 1.

Referring more specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the main base plate which is provided with suitable circular interiorly threaded flanges 2 upon its outer face within which may be threaded the push button carrying cups 3 with the push buttons 4l mounted therein, it being understood that said push buttons 4 serve to press together contact members (not shown) secured to the plate 1 within each of said flanges 2. It will also be understood that suitable conducting wires (not shown) are connected to the contact members and eX- tended through the plate 1. Thev plate 1 may be secured in positionk by suitable securing members 5 engaged through the perforated ears 6 projecting from the opposite ends of the plate l.

Positioned transversely upon the outerA face of the mainy or base plate l above each Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented May a, 1915.

Serial No. 89,489.

circular interiorly threaded flange 2 and secured to the main or base plate'l in any suitable manner, is the bottom of a card receiving frame 6 of rectangular form and having its edges 7 directed outwardly and then turned inwardly to form the inwardly directed flanges 8 against which is positioned a transparent member 9 formed of glass or any other suitable' mate-rial and positioned within said frame, the outwardly` directed edge 7 at one end of the plate having a slot 7 formed therein, inwardly of the flanges 8, the slot extending substantially the entire width of the frame.

`Within each frame is a spring 10 which extends longitudinally of said frame and is secured to the bottom thereof by the spaced lugs 11 struck out of the bottom of the frame 6 upon opposite sides of the spring 10 and bent over the latter to securely retain said spring in position. The opposite ends of each spring are offset outwardly from the central portion thereof and bear against a card positioned in said frame to retain said card against the inner face of the transparent member 9, it being understood that the card may contain the name of one or more parties or any other information desired. rlhe card may be readily inserted or removed by pressing downwardly the outer end of the spring 10 which projects through the slot in the card receiving frame 6, it being understood that a portion of said end of the frame is cut away, as shown at 12, around the projecting end of said spring, whereby the projecting end of the spring may engage in the recess 12 to hold the plate 9 Vand the card outwardly of the slot 7 behind the end edge of the plate. rlhe projecting end of the spring forms a finger piece whereby the spring may be readily forced inwardly to disengage the same from the card and allow the card and'plate to be removed from the frame through the slot.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have provided an escutcheon plate of extremely simple construction and which will serve to surround and protect the conducting wires connected with the push but-V tons of' electricbells and also support the contact members and push button carrying cup of said push'buttons, the device being constructed in such manner as to be especially adapted for use where a plurality of push buttons for ringing electric bells are Y construction and arrangement o'partsmay be -made within the scope'of the appended claim, without departing from the rspirit of my linvention or sacricinggany of the advantages of the same.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a base plate having its edges directedvoutwardly, card holding flanges formed on the outwardly directed edges of the base plate, the outwardly directed edge at yone end of the plate having a slot formed therein inwardly of the llanges and extending substantially the entire length of said edge, a `transparent plate passed through said slot and n engaged against the card holding lianges, a card passed through said slot and engaged against the inner face of said plate, the outer wall of said slot having a recess formed therein, a spring secured to the plate `for engagement against the card to force I' LEWIS A. WILBUR. Witnesses: f Y

ALICE E. GONE,

HARRY SHERBURNE.

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